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DIOCESE  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA 


ADDRESS 


THE  BISHOP 

ONE  HUNDRED  AND  THIRD  ANNUAL  CONVENTION 


MAY  20-22 
1919 


RALEIGH 

EDWARDs'a  BROUGHTON  PRINTING  CO. 

1919 


ADDBESS  OF  THE  BISHOP. 


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Brethren  of  the   Clergy  and  Laity : 

We  meet  for  our  Annual  Convention  in  the  Capital  City  of 
our  State,  and  in  one  of  our  oldest  parishes,  whose  stately 
and  beautiful  buildings  give  fit  expression  to  the  earnest  and 
loyal  devotion  of  its  rector  and  congregation  to  the  best  tra- 
ditions of  the  Church,  and  to  their  zealous  activity  in  making  its 
present  and  its  future  worthy  of  the  past. 

We  meet  one  week  later  than  the  date  fixed  by  the  last  Con- 
vention. Our  Board  of  Missions  met  last  week  in  New  York  in 
one  of  the  most  important  sessions  of  the  year.  Being  a  member 
of  the  Board,  and  feeling  that  its  business  has  an  all  but  supreme 
demand  upon  its  members,  I  consulted  the  Standing  Committee 
of  the  Diocese,  and  they  concurred  with  me  in  thinking  that, 
under  the  circumstances  of  the  case,  I  might  properly  exercise 
the  discretion  allowed  me  of  changing  the  time  of  our  meeting, 
so  as  to  enable  me  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  Board. 

We  cannot  at  this  time  fail  in  some  measure  to  recall  the 
amazing  changes  which  have  passed  over  the  face  of  human 
affairs  since  our  last  Convention,  changes  whose  ultimate  results 
are  far  beyond  our  power  even  to  conjecture,  but  the  immediate 
effect  of  which  we  must  acknowledge  with  devout  and  humble 
thanks  to  Him,  in  Whose  hand  are  all  corners  of  the  earth,  and 
Whose  loving  kindnesses  fail  not.  When  we  last  met  in  Annual 
Convention  the  great  world  war  in  which  we  were  engaged,  and 
in  whose  bloody  encounters  our  American  soldiers  were  just 
beginning  to  be  involved,  had  reached  its  most  disastrous  and 
perilous  stage  for  our  Allies  and  for  ourselves.  For  months 
every  important  contest  had  been  against  us,  and  what  seemed  to 
be  an  irresistible  tide  of  conquest  and  of  destruction  was  ready 
to  sweep  the  British  armies  into  the  English  Channel,  and  to 
overwhelm  all  French  resistance  to  the  advance  upon  Paris.  It 
seemed  that  the  contest  might  be  decided  against  us  before  we 
should  be  able  to  throw  our  soldiers,  with  their  fresh  courage  and 
enthusiasm,  into  the  scale  of  battle.  This  was  the  situation 
when  we  returned  to  our  homes  from  our  meeting  in  Salisbury. 
At  that  fateful  moment  our  President  called  upon  us  to  unite  in 


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humble  prayer  to  God  for  His  blessing  upon  us  and  upon  our 
armies  as  "we  entered  into  the  stupendous  struggle.  Thursday, 
May  30,  throughout  the  United  States,  in  prayer  and  fasting, 
we  humbled  ourselves  before  God,  and  implored  His  pardon  for 
our  many  sins  and  His  blessing  upon  our  efforts  to  maintain 
truth  and  justice  and  the  cause  of  the  helpless. 

We  may  not  presumptuously  interpret  divine  providences. 
Our  short  sight  can  look  but  a  little  way  into  God's  designs. 
But  we  should  not  fail  to  thank  Him  when  He  manifestly 
answers  our  prayers.  And  who,  that  remembers  June  and 
July,  1918,  can  ever  forget  the  peril  and  the  deliverance,  the 
first  faint  light  of  reviving  hope  after  the  fear,  as  the  thin  line 
bent  and  then  held,  and  held,  and  then  bent  again,  but  refused 
to  break;  and  at  last,  almost  beyond  belief,  the  great  advance 
was  halted,  July  15,  and  was  held!  And  then  July  18,  French, 
British,  Americans,  our  own  among  the  first,  bore  back  the  great 
and  arrogant  hosts  of  the  invader  with  steady,  unvarying,  ever 
increasing  success,  which  suffered  no  pause  or  check — so  much 
more  than  we  had  dared  to  hope — until  in  absolute  subjection 
and  surrender  he  yielded  up  the  victory !  Today  we  have  our 
own  again  in  peace;  with  us,  to  strive  still  for  truth  and  right 
on  earth,  or  with  us,  in  the  surer  possession  of  the  life  above. 

We  prayed  that  God  would  give  success  to  our  cause  and  vic- 
tory to  our  arms;  and  He  gave  us  more,  much  more,  than  we 
had  dared  even  to  hope  for;  and  the  price  we  paid  in  the  blood 
of  our  sons  was  amazingly  less  than  we  could  have  expected. 
And  I  cannot  refuse  to  connect  the  two  things  together.  I  add 
the  great  things  of  the  year,  1918,  coming  so  soon  after  our  day 
of  fasting  and  prayer,  to  those  great  things  of  which  we  have 
heard  with  our  ears,  and  our  fathers  have  declared  unto  us,  of 
the  noble  works  which  God  did  in  their  days  and  in  the  old 
time  before  them. 

God  still  rules  the  world.  It  is  only  in  this  confidence  that 
we  dare  face  the  future  and  the  many  strange  and  startling  con- 
ditions which  have  so  suddenly  developed  out  of  the  great  victory 
for  which  we  give  thanks.  We  asked  for  it,  and  He  gave  it  to 
us.  May  He  help  us  with  wisdom  and  strength  to  face  and  to 
solve  the  possibly  greater  difficulties  and  dangers  which  now 
confront  our  country  and  the  world. 


During  the  past  year  and  up  to  the  present  month  we  have 
lost  by  removal  to  the  world  beyond,  two  of  our  brethren  of  the 
clergy,  one  in  the  fullness  of  years,  the  other  in  the  vigor  of  early 
maturity  and  in  the  very  midst  of  his  zealous  service,  only  be- 
ginning, as  it  seemed,  to  enter  upon  his  most  fruitful  endeavors. 

The  Rev.  Girard  William  Phelps  was  by  ordination,  as  well 
as  in  years,  the  oldest  minister  of  the  Diocese,  having  been  born 
(in  Hyde  County,  I  think),  July  14,  1832,  and  having  been 
ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Atkinson  in  Emmanuel  Church, 
Warrenton,  December  14,  1863.  He  was  advanced  to  the  Priest- 
hood by  the  same  Bishop  in  Christ  Church,  Raleigh,  May  23, 
1869.  From  January,  1864,  until  the  end  of  the  Confederate 
War  he  served  as  chaplain  of  the  Seventeenth  ~N.  C.  Infantry. 
After  the  war  he  served  in  several  small  parishes  in  the  north- 
eastern part  of  the  Diocese  until  the  year  1872,  when  he  removed 
to  the  Diocese  of  Virginia.  Returning  to  North  Carolina  in 
1879,  he  worked  for  a  while  in  Rutherford  and  McDowell  coun- 
ties. In  1895  he  removed  to  Littleton.  In  June,  1898,  he  be- 
came rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Scotland  ISTeck,  where  he 
remained  until  1908,  when  he  retired  from  active  service,  and 
removed  to  Victoria,  Va.,  where  he  died  December  5,  1918.  He 
was  an  earnest,  devout  and  diligent  preacher  and  missionary, 
wholly  given  to  the  work  of  his  calling,  doing  his  work  faith- 
fully, enduring  hardness  as  a  good  soldier  of  Jesus  Christ. 
Although  old  and  feeble,  he  continued  to  officiate  in  the  services 
of  the  Church  and  to  minister  to  those  about  him,  so  far  as  his 
strength  permitted,  to  the  end  of  his  life. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Merrill  Hanff,  who  died  February  12,  1919, 
seemed  one  of  our  young  clergy,  in  the  vigor  of  early  manhood, 
and  with  the  promise  of  a  most  useful  and  successful  ministry. 
I  had  myself  ordained  him  both  to  the  Diaconate  and  to  the 
Priesthood,  and  all  of  his  too  brief  ministry  was  served  in  our 
own  Diocese.  He  organized  the  mission  of  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
Duke,  and  also  St.  Paul's,  Smithfield,  and  served  them  faith- 
fully and  effectively  for  seven  years,  declining  a  number  of 
invitations  to  larger  and  more  attractive  churches.  In  both 
places  he  continued  his  work  until  he  felt  that  he  had  really  put 
them  in  a  condition  which  gave  assurance  of  continued  life  and 
growth;  and  I  had  some  difficulty  even  then  in  persuading  him 


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to  remove  from  the  humble  sphere,  where  he  loved  his  work  and 
his  people,  to  one  of  larger  responsibilities  and  opportunities, 
where  his  own  useful  qualities  could  be  more  fully  and  effectively 
developed.  I  mention  this  as  a  peculiarly  fine  trait  in  his  char- 
acter, and  one  which  was  soon  recognized  by  all  who  came  to 
know  him.  He  loved  his  people  and  his  people  loved  him.  He 
drew  them  with  the  cords  of  a  man.  We  have  had  no  more 
lovable,  more  beloved,  or  more  useful  man,  among  those  upon 
whom  it  has  been  my  privilege  to  lay  hands  in  ordination.  JSTot 
only  his  own  parish  feels  and  laments  his  loss,  but  all  of  his 
brethren  share  their  loss  and  their  grief. 

I  cannot,  in  the  nature  of  the  case,  dwell  upon  the  case  of 
every  faithful  servant  of  God  and  of  the  Church,  taken  from 
us  from  time  to  time  in  the  course  of  our  Diocesan  experience, 
•  but  I  am  sure  you  would  all  feel  that  it  would  be  inexcusable  to 
omit  from  this  brief  reference  to  our  year's  experiences  the  name 
of  the  late  Hon.  Kemp  P.  Battle,  LL.D.,  who  has  for  years 
past  been  the  oldest  and  most  eminent  of  those  laymen  promi- 
nently connected  with  our  diocesan  history — carum  et  venerabile 
caput.  From  godly  and  devoted  parents  he  derived  an  early 
love  for  the  Church.  In  1856  his  name  appears  as  a  delegate  to 
the  Convention  from  Christ  Church,  Raleigh,  and  from  1859  un- 
til within  a  few  years  of  his  death  he  was  in  frequent  attendance 
upon  its  annual  sessions.  He  was  a  member  of  the  General 
Conventions  of  1865  and  1868.  As  a  lay-reader  and  Sunday 
School  teacher  he  was  not  only  faithful  with  a  routine  dili- 
gence, but  he  put  heart  and  thought  and  labor  into  whatever 
he  undertook  for  the  Church.  I  have  known  very  few  laymen 
who  felt  as  he  did  the  privilege  of  service,  and  who  so  really 
devoted  themselves  to  their  Church  work.  And  outside  of  what 
he  did,  simply  in  his  character  and  personality,  he  was  one  of 
the  most  valuable  Churchmen  this  Diocese  ever  had.  I  speak 
under  a  deep  sense  of  personal  obligation  and  affection.  No 
young  and  inexperienced  Deacon  ever  had  a  better  friend  or  h 
wiser  counsellor  than  I  had  in  him.  Outside  the  circle  of  my  im- 
mediate family,  he  and  his  wife  were  the  earliest  friends  whom 
I  can  remember;  at  their  request  I  was  sent  as  a  Deacon  to 
serve  in  the  parish  where  he  was  Senior  Warden ;  and  my  early 
confidence  and  attachment  was  only  strengthened  and  developed 


by  the  accumulating  experience  of  years.  I  need  say  nothing 
of  what  he  was  in  his  relation  to  the  State,  to  the  University, 
and  to  the  community.  His  character  and  services  have  gone 
to  help  make  up  the  best  traditions  of  our  past.  And  it  is  not 
the  least  of  his  services  to  the  Church  and  to  the  State  that  he 
brought  up,  and  has  left  behind  him,  those  who  worthily  per- 
petuate his  name  and  his  character. 

Another  name  I  must  mention  of  those  whom  the  Church 
honors  and  thanks  God  for.  One  of  the  six  laymen  who,  with 
three  clergymen,  made  up  the  roll  of  our  first  Diocesan  Conven- 
tion, was  John  R.  London.  And  the  name  London  has  seldom 
in  my  memory,  if  ever,  been  absent  from  our  Convention  roll. 
Two  years  ago  I  recorded  the  loss  sustained  by  the  departure 
of  Mr.  William  L.  London,  to  his  rest.  January  20,  1918,  his 
younger  brother,  Henry  Armand  London,  in  his  73d  year,  fol- 
lowed him.  An  earnest  and  consistent  Christian,  a  devoted  and 
ever  faithful  Churchman  and  member  of  this  Convention,  a  use- 
ful citizen  in  all  relations  of  life,  gratitude  to  God  for  his  life 
gives  the  best  comfort  in  his  death. 

My  services  in  Episcopal  visitations  and  ministrations  during 
the  year  1918  have  been  as  follows: 

1918 
Jan.        1.     Feast  of  the  Circumcision: 

I  attended  service  in  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd, 
Raleigh. 
15.     Attended  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  St. 

Mary's  School. 
19.     In  company  with  the  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Milton,  D.D.,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Church  War  Commission,   I  visited   Camp 
Greene,  Charlotte,  and   conferred  with  the  camp   sec- 
retaries of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  with  reference  to  religious 
work  in  that  camp. 
21.     Had  interview  with  the  Rev.  Harry  0.  Nash,  with  a  view 
to  his  appointment  by  the  Church  War  Commission  as 
volunteer   chaplain   at  Camp   Greene.     Mr.   Nash   was 
subsequently  appointed  to  that  work,  and  served  faith- 
fully and  efficiently  as  long  as  his  services  were  re- 
quired. 
12  m.     Pittsboro:     Assisted  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Nash  I  ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion  at  the  residence  of  the 
late  Mr.  Henry  A.  London  to  the  members  of  his  family. 
1:30  p.  m.    In  St.  Bartholomew's  Church,  officiated  with 
Mr.  Nash  at  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Henry  A.  London. 


27.     Septuagesima  Sunday: 

Raleigh,  Christ  Church:     Made  an  address  on  the  Church 
War  Commission  and  its  work. 
29.     Attended  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  St. 
Mary's  School,  and  Committee  on  St.   Mary's  Endow- 
ment Fund. 
31.     Baptized  an  infant  in  private. 
Feb.      10.     Quinquagesima  Sunday: 

Durham,  St.  Philip's  Church:     Confirmed  12  persons,  of 

whom  5  were  deaf  mutes;  preached,  and  administered 

the  Holy  Communion. 

7:30     p.     m.     West     Durham,      St.     Joseph's     Chapel: 

Preached,  and  confirmed  5  persons. 

11.     8  p.  m.    Durham,  St.  Titus'  Church,' our  colored  Mission: 

Preached,  and  confirmed  2  persons. 
13.     Attended  meeting  of  Executive  Committee  of  St.  Augus- 
tine's School. 

16.  Davie  County,  Cooleemee  Plantation:      In  a  room  fitted 

up  for  a  Sunday  School  for  the  colored  children,  which 
for  many  years  has  been  carried  on  by  the  Misses 
Hairston,  I  confirmed  a  colored  man  and  his  four 
daughters,  and  made  an  address. 

17.  The  First  Sunday  in  Lent: 

11  a.  m.  Davie  County,  Ascension  Church:  Confirmed 
1  person;  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

7  p.  m.  Lexington,  Grace  Church:  Preached  and  con- 
firmed one  person. 

24.  The  Second  Sunday  in  Lent;  St.  Matthias'  Day: 
Kittrell,    St.    James'    Church:       Confirmed    2    persons; 

preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
7:30  p.  m.    Louisburg,  St.  Paul's  Church:     Said  Evening 
Prayer,  the  parish  being  vacant,  and  preached. 

25.  10:30  a.  m.     Visited  St.  Matthias'  Mission  School;   held 

a  short  service,  and  made  an  address. 

8  p.  m.  St.  Matthias'  Church,  our  colored  Mission: 
Preached  and  confirmed  6  persons. 

26.  8  p.  m.     Oxford,  St.  Cyprian's  Church — Colored  Mission: 

Confirmed  2  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

27.  7:45  p.  m.    Oxford,  St.  Stephen's  Church:     Preached,  and 

confirmed  4  persons. 
March    1.     3   p.   m.     Warren  County,    St.   Luke's  Colored   Mission: 
Preached,  and  confirmed  1  person. 
3.     The  Third  Sunday  in  Lent.     Warrenton. 

11   a.   m.      Emmanuel   Church:      Confirmed    10    persons, 

preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
8  p.  m.     All  Saints'  Chapel,  Colored  Mission:   Preached, 
and  confirmed  5  persons. 


4.     7:30  p.  m.    Wilson,  St.  Timothy's  Church:   Preached,  and 

confirmed  8  persons. 
10.     The  Fourth  Sunday  in  Lent. 

Hillsboro,  St.  Matthew's  Church:     Officiated  at  11  a.  m. 
and  4  p.  m.    At  the  former  service  confirmed  4  persons; 
preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
15.     Pittsboro,  St.  James'  Colored  Mission:     Preached. 
17.     The  Fifth  Sunday  in  Lent. 

Pittsboro,  St.  Bartholomew's  Church:  11  a.  m.  Preached, 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

19.  Hamlet,  All  Saints'  Church:     Preached,  and  confirmed  1 

person. 

20.  Laurinburg,    St.    David's    Church:      Preached    and    con- 

firmed 2  persons. 

21.  Southern  Pines,  Emmanuel  Church:     4  p.  m.     Preached. 

24.  Palm  Sunday.     Raleigh. 

11  a.  m.  Christ  Church:  Confirmed  26  persons;  made 
an  address,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

5  p.  m.  St.  Mary's  Chapel:  Confirmed  12  persons,  and 
made  an  address. 

7:30  p.  m.  St.  Saviour's  Chapel:  Preached;  confirmed 
8  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

25.  Confirmed  a  sick  person  in  private. 

26.  7:30  p.  m.    In  the  Chapel  of  St.  Mary's  School,  confirmed 

1  person. 
8  p.  m.    Attended  meeting  of  Executive  Committee  of  St. 
Mary's  School. 

27.  6:15  p.  m.    St.  Augustine's  School  Chapel:     Confirmed  11 

pupils  of  the  school,  and  made  an  address. 
31.     Easter  Day.    Raleigh.    . 

8  a.  m.  Church  of  the  G-ood  Shepherd:  Administered 
the  Holy  Communion.  8  p.  m.  In  the  church,  preached, 
and  confirmed  12  persons. 
4  p.  m.  In  Rex  Hospital:  Officiated  at  the  dedication  of 
a  statue  of  "Christ  the  Divine  Healer." 
April  3.  Raleigh,  St.  Ambrose'  Church:  8  p.  m.  Confirmed  8  per- 
sons, and  made  an  address. 

4.  Attended  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 

Convocation  of  Raleigh. 

5.  Rockingham,    Church    of   the    Messiah:       Said    Evening 

Prayer,  and  preached. 
7.     The  First  Sunday  After  Easter. 

11  a.  m.  Wadesboro,  Calvary  Church:  The  parish  being 
vacant,  I  said  Morning  Prayer;  preached,  and  admin- 
istered the  Holy  Communion.  After  the  service  had 
a  conference  with  the  vestry. 


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14.     The  Second  Sunday  After  Easter. 

Chapel  Hill,  Chapel  of  the  Cross:  Preached;  confirmed 
7  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

16.  In  the  same  church,  attended  the  annual  meeting  of  the 

Diocesan  Branch  of  the  Woman's  Auxiliary;  had  a 
short  service,  and  made  an  address. 

17.  In  the  same  church,  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
2:30  p.  m.    Durham:     Examined  a  candidate  for  Deacon's 

Orders. 

21.  The  Third  Sunday  After  Easter.    Burlington. 

11  a.  m.    Church  of  the  Holy  Comforter:     Preached. 
4  p.  m.     In  the  same  church,  officiated  at  a  funeral. 

22.  Charlotte,  Church  of  the  Holy  Comforter:     Preached,  and 

confirmed  6  persons. 

23.  Charlotte.     Annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of 

the  Thompson  Orphanage  and  Training  Institution,  10 
a.  m.  The  Board  met.  11  a.  m.  Chapel  of  St.  Mary  the 
Virgin:  I  confirmed  7  pupils  of  the  institution;  made 
an  address,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

24.  8  p.  m.     Monroe,  St.  Paul's  Church:     Preached. 

25.  St.  Mark's  Day. 

Monroe,  Holy  Trinity,  Colored  Mission:  Preached,  and 
confirmed  one  person. 

26.  Charlotte,  Church  of  St.  Michael  and  All  Angels,  Colored 

Mission:     Preached,  and  confirmed  3  persons. 
28.     The  Fourth  Sunday  After  Easter.    Charlotte. 

9  a.  m.     Administered  the  Holy  Communion  in  a  Y.  M. 

C.   A.   "Hut"   at   Camp  Greene,   assisted  by  the  Rev. 

Harry  O.  Nash. 
11  a.  m.     St.  Peter's  Church:      Preached;    confirmed  26 

persons,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
8  p.  m.     St.  Martin's  Church:     Confirmed  4  persons,  and 

made  an  address. 
May        5.     The  Fifth  Sunday  After  Easter. 

11   a.    m.      Durham,    St.    Philip's    Church:      Ordained   a 

Deacon;  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

6.  Officiated  at  a  funeral  in  Durham  County. 

7.  Confirmed  in  private  a  sick  person. 
12.     The  Sunday  After  Ascension  Day. 

St.  Mary's  School  Chapel:     Confirmed  1  person,  and  made 
an  address. 
14.     10  a.  m.     Salisbury,  St'.  Luke's  Church:     The  One  Hun- 
dred and  Second  Annual  Convention  of  the  Diocese. 

11  a.  m.  Opening  Service:  Administered  the  Holy 
Communion.  Presided  during  the  sessions.  After  the 
8:30  p.  m.  service,  read  my  annual  address. 


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15.  7:30  a.  m.     In  the  same  church,  administered  the  Holy 

Communion.  Presided  in  the  Convention  during  the 
day,  and  at  8:30  p.  m.  officiated  at  the  Missionary 
service. 

16.  In  the  same  church,  presided  in  the  Convention  during 

the  day.     8:30  p.  m.:     Officiated  at  the  closing  service. 

20.  8:30  p.  m.  Raleigh,  in  the  City  Auditorium:  At  a  mass 
meeting  in  behalf  of  the  Red  Cross,  offered  the  opening 
prayer,  and  gave  the  benediction  at  the  close. 

26.     Trinity  Sunday. 

Raleigh,  St.  Augustine's  Chapel:  Officiated  at  the  Com- 
mencement Sunday  service,  and  made  an  address. 

29.  St.  Augustine's  School  Commencement,  fiftieth  anniver- 

sary of  the  school,  in  Taylor  Hall:  Participated  in  the 
exercises;  presented  the  diplomas,  and  gave  the  final 
blessing. 

3  p.  m.  Presided  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees. 

8:30  p.  m.  In  the  City  Auditorium:  Participated  in  the 
proceedings  of  a  mass  meeting  in  commemoration  of 
the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  St.  Augustine's  School. 

30.  National  Fast  Day. 

Attended  the  services  in  Raleigh  churches. 
8:30  p.  m.     Hamlet:     Had  a  conference  with  the  repre- 
sentatives of  the  vestry  of  Calvary  Church,  Wadesboro. 
June       2.     The  First  Sunday  After  Trinity. 

8:10  a.  m.     St.   Mary's  Chapel,  Raleigh:     Administered 

the  Holy  Communion. 
11  a.  m.    In  the  same  chapel,  officiated  at  the  Commence- 
ment Sunday  service. 
4.     11  a.  m.     Attended  the  Commencement  Exercises  of  St. 
Mary's  School.     12:30.  Officiated  at  the  closing  service 
in  St.  Mary's  Chapel;  delivered  the  diplomas,  and  made 
an  address. 
3  p.  m.     Presided  in  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees. 
16.     The  Third  Sunday  After  Trinity.     Salisbury. 

7:30  a.  m.     St.  Luke's  Church:     Administered  the  Holy 
Communion,  and  at  the  11  a.  m.  service  preached. 
19.     Attended  meeting  of  the  Executive  Meeting  of  the  Con- 
vocation of  Raleigh. 

22.  Examined  Candidate  for  Ordination. 

23.  The  Fourth  Sunday  After  Trinity. 

Raleigh,    Church   of   the    Good    Shepherd:      Ordained    a 
Priest,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
25.     Presided  at  a  special  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  St.  Mary's  School. 


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30.     The  Fifth  Sunday  After  Trinity. 

Raleigh,    Church,  of   the   Good    Shepherd:      Baptized   an 
infant. 
July        7.     The  Sixth  Sunday  After  Trinity. 

11  a.  m.     Milton,  Christ  Church:     Preached,  and  admin- 
istered the  Holy  Communion. 
8:30  p.  m.     Spray:     Preached,  and  confirmed  4  persons. 

8.  Rockingham  County,  St.  Andrew's  Mission:      Preached. 

9.  Leaksville,  Church  of  the  Epiphany:     Preached. 

10.  Reidsville,    St.    Thomas's    Church:      Preached,    and    con- 

firmed 5  persons. 

11.  Stoneville,  Emmanuel  Church:      Preached. 

13.  7:30  a.  m.     Mayodan,  Church  of  the  Messiah:     Admin- 

istered the  Holy  Communion. 

14.  The  Seventh  Sunday  After  Trinity. 

Mayodan,  Church  of  the  Messiah:  Preached;  confirmed 
1  person;  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

8  p.  m.  Walnut  Cove,  Christ  Church:  Baptized  an  adult. 
Preached;   confirmed  2  persons. 

19.  Mecklenburg  County,   St.  Mark's  Church:      Officiated  at 

the  evening  service. 

20.  In  the  hospital  at  Camp  Greene,  Charlotte:     Confirmed 

a  sick  soldier. 

21.  The  Eighth  Sunday  After  Trinity. 

11  a.  m.  Mecklenburg  County,  St.  Mark's  Church: 
Preached;  confirmed  4  persons,  and  administered  the 
Holy  Communion. 

8:30  p.  m.  Salisbury,  St.  Paul's  Church:  Preached;  con- 
firmed 1  person. 

22.  Rowan  County,   St.  Jude's  Church:      Preached,  and   ad- 

ministered the  Holy  Communion. 

23.  Cooleemee,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd:   Preached,  and 

confirmed  9  persons. 

24.  Cleveland,  Christ  Church:    Confirmed  1  person;  preached, 

and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

25.  St.  James'  Day. 

Iredell  County,  St.  James'  Church:  Preached,  and  ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 

26.  Officiated  at  a  funeral  in  Charlotte. 
28.     The  Ninth  Sunday  After  Trinity. 

Rowan  County,  St.  Andrew's  Church:  Preached,  and  ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 

5:30  p.  m.  Rowan  County,  St.  Matthew's  Church: 
Preached,  and  confirmed  1  person. 

8:30  p.  m.     Salisbury,  St.  Luke's  Church:     Confirmed  1 
person. 
30.     Raleigh:     Confirmed  sick  girl  in  private. 


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Aug.     18.     The  Twelfth  Sunday  After  Trinity. 

8  a.  m.    Hillsboro,  St.  Matthew's  Church:     Administered 

the  Holy  Communion. 
11  a.  m.     In  same  church:     Preached. 
4  p.  m.     Orange  County,  St.  Mary's  Chapel:     Said  Even- 
ing Prayer. 
25.     The  Thirteenth  Sunday  After  Trinity. 

Raleigh,   Church  of  the  Good   Shepherd:      Administered 
the  Holy  Communion. 
Sept.       1.     The  Fourteenth  Sunday  After  Trinity. 

8  a.  m.  Durham,  St.  Philip's  Church:  Administered  the 
Holy  Communion. 

11  a.  m.  In  same  church:  Made  an  address.  After  the 
service,  called  a  meeting  of  the  congregation,  and  had 
a  conference  with  them  in  the  interest  of  St.  Mary's 
School. 

8:15  p.  m.  West  Durham,  St.  Joseph's  Chapel:  Preached. 
After  the  service,  received  a  report  from  a  committee 
appointed  at  the  conference  with  the  congregation  in 
St.  Philip's  Church. 

4.  8  p.  m.     Statesville,  Holy  Cross  Chapel:     Annual  Meet- 

ing of  the  Colored  Convocation.    Evening  Prayer. 

5.  9:30   a.    m.     Examined    Candidate   for   Ordination.      Or- 

dained a  Deacon;  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 

12  m.  Read  my  address  to  the  Convocation.  Presided 
during  the  forenoon  and  afternoon  in  the  business  ses- 
sions of  the  Convocation. 

8  p.  m.  Statesville,  Trinity  Church:  Preached;  con- 
firmed 2  persons. 

6.  China  Grove,  Church  of  the  Ascension:     Preached. 
8.     The  Fifteenth  Sunday  After  Trinity. 

Concord,  All  Saints'  Church:  Confirmed  3  persons; 
preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

8:30  p.  m.  Greensboro,  St.  Andrew's  Church:  Confirmed 
15  persons  (two  of  the  candidates  being  from  St  Paul's 
Church,  Winston-Salem),  and  made  an  address. 
12.  Had  conference  in  Tarboro  with  members  of  Calvary 
Church  and  Mr.  Wm.  A.  Erwin,  in  regard  to  proposed 
commemoration  on  October  15th  of  twenty-fifth  anni- 
versary of  the  Consecration  of  the  Bishop  of  the 
Diocese. 

8  p.  m.  Rocky  Mount,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd: 
Made  an  address  on  St.  Mary's  School.  Mr.  Wm.  A. 
Erwin  also  spoke. 


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15.     The  Sixteenth  Sunday  After  Trinity. 

Raleigh,  St.  Ambrose'  Church:     Ordained  a  Deacon;  ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 
19.     St.    Mary's    School    Chapel:      Officiated    at    the    opening 

service,  and  made  an  address. 
22.     The  Seventeenth  Sunday  After  Trinity. 

11  a.  m.     Rocky  Mount,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd: 
Made  an  address  on  St.  Mary's  School.    After  the  serv- 
ice had  a  conference  with  the  congregation. 
8  p.  m.     In  the  same  church:     Preached. 
26.     10  a.  m.     Raleigh:     Attended  meeting  of  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  St.  Mary's  School. 
8  p.  m.     Wake  County,  Holly  Springs:      Preached,  and 
confirmed  1  person. 

29.  The    Eighteenth    Sunday    After    Trinity.      Feast    of    St. 

Michael  and  All  Angels: 
11:30  a.  m.    Williamsboro,  St.  John's  Church:   Preached, 

and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
8  p.  m.     Townesville,  Holy  Trinity  Church:      Preached, 

and  confirmed  3  persons. 

30.  Stovall,  St.  Peter's  Church:     Preached. 

Oct.         4.     Middleburg,   Church  of   the   Heavenly  Rest:      Preached, 
and  confirmed  3  persons. 
6.     The  Nineteenth  Sunday  After  Trinity. 

Northampton  County,  St.  Luke's  Church:  Confirmed  2 
persons;  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

8  p.  m.  Roanoke  Rapids,  All  Saints  Church:  Preached, 
and  confirmed  6  persons. 

At  this  point  the  general  prevalence  throughout  the  State 
of  an  epidemic  of  influenza  caused  a  cessation  of  public 
meetings  of  all  kinds,  and  compelled  me  to  suspend  my 
visitations  for  the  rest  of  the  year,  except  in  the  few 
instances  following.  November  28th  I  was  myself 
taken  with  the  disease,  which  disabled  me  for  some 
time.  The  services  performed  after  October  6th  were 
as  follows: 
11.  Louisburg:  Officiated  at  a  funeral.  Also  baptized  an  in- 
fant in  a  private  house,  using  the  office  of  Public 
Baptism. 
15.     The  Twenty-fifth  Anniversary  of  my  Consecration. 

Raleigh,  Christ  Church:  The  prohibition  as  to  public 
meetings  continuing,  I  procured  special  permission  for 
a  service  with  a  limited  attendance — my  own  family, 
the  clergy  of  the  city,  and  half  a  dozen  intimate  friends. 
I  administered  the  Holy  Communion,  assisted  by  the 
Rev.  A.  Burtis  Hunter,  D.D.,  and  the  Rev.  Milton  A. 
Barber. 


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27.     The  Twenty-second  Sunday  After  Trinity. 
St.  Mary's  School  Chapel:      Preached. 

31.  In  Warren  County,  at  a  private  house,  confirmed  an  aged 
man,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion  to  him 
and  to  other  persons  present. 
Nov.  7.  Upon  a  premature  report  of  the  signing  of  the  armistice, 
I  held  an  extemporized  Thanksgiving  service  in  the 
Chapel  of  St.  Mary's  School,  assisted  by  the  Rev.  War- 
ren W.  Way. 

13.  Set  forth  a  Form  of  Thanksgiving  for  Victory,  to  be  used 
at  the  discretion  of  the  clergy  of  the  Diocese. 

17.     The  Twentieth  Sunday  After  Trinity. 

Greensboro,  Holy  Trinity  Church:     Confirmed  8  persons, 

and  made  an  address. 
7:30  p.  m.     High  Point,  St.  Mary's  Church:     Assisted  by 
the  Rev.  Thos.  L.  Trott,  Rector,  held  the  special  service 
of  Thanksgiving  for  Victory;  confirmed  3  persons,  and 
preached. 

19.  Raleigh,  St.  Augustine's  Chapel:  Participated  in  the 
opening  service  of  the  "Conference  op  the  Colored 
Workers  of  the  Church  in  the  United  States,"  and 
made  an  address. 

21.  In  St.  Augustine's  Chapel,  in  cooperation  with  other 
Bishops  and  clergy,  consecrated  as  a  Bishop  in  the 
Church  of  God,  to  be  the  Suffragan  Bishop  of  the  Dio- 
cese of  North  Carolina,  the  Rev.  Henry  Beard  Delany, 
D.D.,  Archdeacon  of  the  Colored  Convocation;  and, 
upon  his  being  so  consecrated,  assigned  to  him  the 
Episcopal  care  and  oversight  of  the  negro  churches,, 
congregations,  and  clergy  of  the  Diocese. 

24.  The  Sunday  Next  Before  Advent. 

7:30   a.  m.     Weldon,   Grace  Church:     Administered  the 
Holy  Communion. 

11  a.  m.     Held  special  service  of  Thanksgiving  for  Vic- 
tory, and  preached. 

8  p.  m.     Scotland  Neck,  Trinity  Church:     Preached,  and 
confirmed  one  person. 
Dec.      15.     The  Third  Sunday  in  Advent. 

Raleigh,   Church  of   the  Good    Shepherd:      Confirmed   4 
persons. 
11.     Attended  meeting  of  Executive  Committee  of  the  Convo- 
cation of  Raleigh. 

17.  Examined  Candidates  for  Priest's  Orders. 

18.  Ember  Day.     Raleigh,   Christ   Church:      Advanced    two 

Deacons    to    the    Priesthood;    administered    the    Holy 
Communion. 

25.  Christmas  Day. 

Raleigh,   Church  of  the  Good   Shepherd:     Administered 
the  Holy  Communion. 


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My  services  and  ministrations  outside  the  Diocese  during  the  year 
1918  were  as  follows: 

Attended  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Missions  in  New 
York. 

In  the  Chapel  of  St.  Thomas'  Church,  New  York  City: 
I  officiated  at  a  marriage,  the  parties  being  my  personal 
friends,  and  one  of  them  a  former  parishoner. 

New  Orleans,  Christ  Church  Cathedral:  Delivered  an 
address  before  the  Church  Club  of  New  Orleans. 

12  m.  In  a  moving  picture  theater  in  New  Orleans: 
Conducted  short  service  and  made  an  address,  one  of 
a  series  of  Lenten  addresses. 

Norfolk,  St.  Luke's  Church:  Took  part  in  the  funeral 
of  the  late  Rt.  Rev.  Alfred  M.  Randolph,  D.D.,  Bishop 
of  Southern  Virginia. 

In  New  York,  in  attendance  of  session  of  the  House  of 
Bishops,  until  April  12th. 

Feast  of  St.  Philip  and  St.  James. 

New  Albany,  Indiana,  Diocese  of  Indianapolis,  St.  Paul's 
Church:  By  permission  of  the  Ecclesiastical  authority 
of  the  Diocese  of  Indianapolis,  I  ordained  to  the  Diac- 
onate  a  Candidate  for  Orders  of  the  Diocese  of  North 
Carolina,  whose  father,  the  Rev.  Frank  J.  Mallett,  is 
Rector  of  this  parish. 

Attended  meeting  of  Board  of  Missions  in  New  York. 

Attended  the  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  the  University 
of  the  South  at  Sewanee,  and  the  services  in  connec- 
tion with  annual  commencement,  until  June  10th. 

The  Eleventh  Sunday  After  Trinity. 

St.  Mary's  County,  Maryland,  Diocese  of  Washington,  All 
Faith  Church:      Preached. 

Attended  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Missions  in  New  York. 

U  a.  m.  New  Orleans,  St.  Paul's  Church:  Said  the 
Litany;  baptized  an  infant. 


Feb. 

6. 

7, 

19. 

20. 

April 

9. 

10. 

May 

1. 

9. 
June       6. 


Aug.     11. 


Oct.         2. 
Nov.     13. 


It  will  be  seen  that  I  have  during  the  year  officiated  within  the 
Diocese  at  132  services,  preached  66  sermons,  made  28  addresses, 
administered  the  Holy  Communion  40  times,  baptized  2  infants  and 
1  adult,  officiated  at  5  funerals,  confirmed  287  persons,  ordained  3 
Deacons  and  3  Priests,  and  consecrated  the  Suffragan  Bishop.  Out- 
side the  Diocese  I  have  officiated  at  7  services,  preached  once,  made  2 
addresses,  administered  the  Holy  Communion  once,  baptized  1  in- 
fant, ordained  1  Deacon,  and  officiated  at  1  funeral  and  at  1  mar- 
riage: a  total  of  139  services,  67  sermons,  30  addresses,  41  celebra- 
tions of  the  Holy  Communion,  7  ordinations,  1  Bishop  consecrated, 


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5  baptisms,  6  funerals,  1  marriage,  and  287  confirmations.  The  num- 
ber of  services  and  of  confirmations  has  been  markedly  below  the 
average,  on  account  of  the  epidemic  of  influenza,  and  also  on  account 
of  my  own  sickness. 

The  importance  of  the  subject  requires  that  I  should  give  a 
more  detailed  statement  of  the  several  ordinations  which  are 
only  briefly  mentioned  in  the  chronological  record  of  services. 

The  consecration  of  the  Suffragan  Bishop  had  been  appointed 
for  St.  Luke's  Day,  October  18th,  but  had  to  be  postponed  on 
account  of  the  prevailing  epidemic.  On  Thursday,  November 
21st,  in  the  Chapel  of  'St.  Augustine's  School,  Raleigh,  with 
the  cooperation  of  the  Bishops  of  Southern  Virginia,  and  East 
Carolina,  I  consecrated  Henry  Beard  Delany,  'Doctor  in  Divin- 
ity, as  a  Bishop  in  the  Church  of  God.  The  Bishop-elect  was  pre- 
sented by  the  Bishops  of  Florida  and  Asheville,  the  sermon  was 
preached  by  Bishop  Lloyd,  President  of  the  Board  of  Missions. 
The  Suffragan  Bishop  of  Arkansas  also  participated  in  the 
services,  with  many  clergymen  of  this  and  of  other  Dioceses, 
both  white  and  colored.  All  the  Bishops  present  united  in  the 
Imposition  of  Hands. 

May  1st,  the  Feast  of  SS.  Philip  and  James,  in  St.  Paul's  Church, 
New  Albany,  Indiana,  I  ordained  to  the  Diaconate,  with  the  consent 
of  the  Ecclesiastical  authority  of  the  Diocese  of  Indianapolis,  James 
Reginald  Mallett,  son  of  the  Rector  of  the  parish.  The  candidate 
was  presented  by  his  father,  the  Rev.  Prank  J.  Mallett;  the  sermon 
was  preached  by  the  Rev.  Lewis  Brown.  There' were  present  also 
the  Rev.  Richard  L.  McCready,  the  Rev.  Edward  C.  McAllister,  and 
the  Rev.  Francis  W.  Hardy. 

May  5th,  the  Fifth  Sunday  After  Trinity,  in  St.  Philip's  Church, 
Durham,  I  ordained  to  the  Diaconate  Roma  Coxey  Fortune,  a  deaf 
mute.  The  candidate  was  presented  by  the  Rev.  Sidney  S.  Bost.  I 
preached  the  sermon.  The  Rev.  A.  Burtis  Hunter,  D  D.,  and  the 
Rev.  Thos.  L.  Trott  also  participated  in  the  service. 

June  23d,  the  Fourth  Sunday  After  Trinity,  in  the  Church  of  the 
Good  Shepherd,  Raleigh,  I  advanced  to  the  Priesthood,  the  Rev.  San- 
ford  L.  Rotter.'  The  Candidate  was  presented  by  the  Rev.  Edgar  H. 
Goold;  the  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  I.  McK.  Pittenger,  D.D. 
The  Rev.  Julian  E.  Ingle  assisted  in  the  services.  All  the  Priests 
present  joined  in  the  Imposition  of  Hands. 

Thursday,  September  5th,  in  Holy  Cross  Chapel,  Statesville,  I 
ordained  to  the  Diaconate  Arthur  Myron  Cochran,  a  Colored  Can- 


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didate,  who  was  presented  by  the  Rev.  James  E.  King.  I  preached 
the  sermon.  I  was  assisted  in  the  services  by  Archdeacon  Delany 
and  the  other  clergy  of  the  Colored  Convocation  then  in  session. 

September  15th,  the  Sixteenth  Sunday  After  Trinity,  in  St.  Am- 
brose' Church,  Raleigh,  I  ordained  to  the  Diaconate  Roger  Edgar 
Bunn,  a  Colored  Candidate,  presented  by  the  Rev.  James  K.  Satter- 
white.  Archdeacon  Delany  preached  the  sermon.  The  Rev.  Julian 
E.  Ingle  and  the  Rev.  Warren  W.  Way  also  participated  in  the  service. 

Wednesday,  December  18th,  in  Christ  Church,  Raleigh,  I  advanced 
to  the  Priesthood  the  Rev.  James  Reginald  Mallett,  presented  by  his 
father,  the  Rev.  Frank  J.  Mallett;  and  the  Rev.  Samuel  Whitney 
Hale,  presented  by  the  Rev.  Warren  W.  Way.  The  sermon  was 
preached  by  the  Rev.  Robert  Bruce  Owens.  The  Rev.  Julian  E. 
Ingle,  the  Rev.  A.  Burtis  Hunter,  D.D.,  the  Rev.  Milton  A.  Barber, 
and  the  Rev.  Norvin  C.  Duncan  also  took  part  in  the  services.  All 
the  Priests  present  united  with  me  in  the  Imposition  of  Hands. 

We  lost  during  the  year  and  up  to  May  1,  1919,  the  following 
clergymen : 

The  Rev.  Girard  William  Phelps,  died  December  5,  1918. 
The  Rev.  Samuel  Merrill  Hanff,  died  February  12,  1919. 

By  transfer  to  other  Dioceses : 

The  Rev.  James  D.  Miller,  to  Georgia,  June  26,  1918. 
The  Rev.  Cyprian  P.  Willcox,  to  Atlanta,  September  14,  1918. 
The  Rev.  Theodore  Andrews,  to  Newark,  October  1,  1918. 
The  Rev.  Robert  A.  Tuft,  to  Washington,  April  29,  1919. 

We  have  gained,  not  counting  again  those  ordained  in  1918 
before  our  last  Convention,  and  therefore  included  in  last  year's 
list: 

The  Rev.  Arthur  Myron  Cochran,  Deacon,  ordained  September  5, 
1918. 

The  Rev.  Roger  Edgar  Bunn,  Deacon,  ordained  September  15,  1918. 

The  Rev.  Basil  M.  Walton,  from  East  Carolina,  May  23,  1918. 

The  Rev.  Mark  Hemingway  Milne,  from  Milwaukee,  October  4, 
1918. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Whitman  Hale,  from  New  Hampshire,  October  17, 
1918. 

The  Rev.  Donald  R.  Ottman,  from  Colorado,  January  22,  1919. 

Our  total  number  of  clergy  last  year  was  sixty-four.  We 
have  lost  since  the  last  Convention  two  by  death  and  four  by 
transfer.     We  have  gained  since  the  last  Convention,  two  by 


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ordination  and  four  by  transfer,  so  that  our  total  remains  sixty- 
four — two  Bishops,  fifty-five  Priests,  and  seven  Deacons. 

Of  the  clergy  thus  enumerated,  however,  the  Rev.  James  K. 
Satterwhite  and  the  Rev.  Theodore  Stroup  are  understood  to 
have  accepted  work  in  other  Dioceses,  though  they  have  not  yet 
taken  letters  dismissory.  Also  the  Rev.  William  Hoke  Ramsaur, 
though  still  canonically  connected  with  this  Diocese,  has  been 
accepted  by  the  Board  of  Missions  for  work  in  Liberia,  and  has 
departed  to  his  distant  field.  Mr.  Ramsaur  is  one  of  the  most 
admirable  and  efficient  young  Priests  of  the  Diocese.  We  very 
greatly  regret  to  have  him  leave  us,  but  are  proud  to  contribute 
him  to  the  great  cause  of  Foreign  Missions. 

The  fields  of  work  of  the  clergy  remain  the  same  as  last  year, 
except  as  follows: 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Pittenger  has  resigned  the  charge  of  St. 
Gabriel's  Mission,  Selma,  but  retains  St.  John's,  Wake  County. 
St.  Gabriel's  has  been  assigned  to  the  Rev.  Howard  S.  Hartzell 
of  Duke. 

The  Rev.  Geo.  W.  Lay,  D.C.L.,  resigned  the  rectorship  of  St. 
Mary's  School,  August  15,  1918,  and  has  for  some  months  been 
serving  Christ  Church,  Springfield,  Diocese  of  Western  Massa- 
chusetts. 

The  Rev.  N.  Collin  Hughes  has  resigned  the  work  as  Chap- 
lain at  the  State  Penal  Farm,  and  has  been  assigned  to  the 
charge  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Louisburg,  and  St.  James',  Kit- 
trell. 

The  Rev.  Bertram  E.  Brown,  having  served  for  some 
months  at  a  Training  Camp,  has  resumed  his  work  at  Tar- 
boro. 

The  Rev.  Warren  W.  Way  resigned  the  rectorship  of  St. 
Luke's  Church,  Salisbury  in  August,  1918,  and  has  succeeded 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Lay  as  Rector  of  St.  Mjary's  School. 

The  Rev.  Alfred  S.  Lawrence  resigned  his  work  as  Archdeacon 
of  Raleigh,  November  1,  1918,  and  acepted  a  commission  as 
Chaplain  in  the  Army.  Having  obtained  his  discharge  March 
1,  1919,  he  was  called  to  succeed  the  Rev.  Samuel  M.  Hanff  at 
All  Saints',  Concord,  where  he  is  now  serving. 

•  The  Rev.  Harry  O.  Nash,  upon  the  discontinuance  of  Camp 
Greene,  accepted  a  call  to   St.  Andrew's  Church,  Greensboro, 


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vacant  by  the  removal  of  the  Rev.  James  D.  Miller  to  the  Diocese 
of  Georgia,  and  assumed  charge  October  1st. 

The  Rev.  ISForvin  C.  Duncan,  up  to  February  1st,  Rector  of 
Grace  Church,  Weldon,  and  the  Church  of  the  Saviour,  Jack- 
son, on  that  day  assumed  the  duties  of  Archdeacon  of  Raleigh, 
to  Avhich  I  had  appointed  him  as  successor  to  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Lawrence,  then  serving  as  Chaplain  in  the  Army. 

The  Rev.  Howard  S.  Hartzell,  immediately  after  our  last 
Convention,  was  relieved  of  his  duties  as  assistant  to  the  Rev. 
Wm.  J.  Gordon,  and  was  placed  in  charge  of  St.  Stephen's 
Church,  Duke,  and  St.  Paul's,  Smithfield,  to  which  has  since 
been  added  St.  Gabriel's,  Selma. 

The  Rev.  Sanford  L.  Rotter  was  in  July,  1919,  placed  in 
charge  of  St.  Paul's,  Monroe,  and  All  Saints',  Hamlet;  and  in 
August  the  Church  of  the  Messiah,  Rockingham,  was  also 
assigned  to  his  care. 

The  Rev.  Arthur  Myron  Cochran  is  serving  temporarily  in 
Philadelphia,  with  my  approval. 

The  Rev.  Roger  Edgar  Bunn  is  in  charge  of  our  colored  mis- 
sions, Holy  Cross,  Statesville,  and  St.  Philip's,  Salisbury. 

The  Rev.  Basil  M.  Walton,  received  from  East  Carolina, 
served  for  some  months  in  Trinity  Church,  Statesville,  but 
November  1st  accepted  the  Rectorship  of  Calvary  Church, 
Wadesboro,  and  has  charge  also  of  All  Souls',  Ansonville. 

The  Rev.  Donald  R.  Ottman  is  Rector  of  Grace  Church, 
Lexington,  succeeding  the  Rev.  Theodore  Andrews. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  W.  Hale  is  associated  with  the  Rev.  J. 
Reginald  Mallett  in  the  charge  of  the  Mount  Airy,  "Walnut  Cove, 
Mayodan,  and  the  neighboring  missions. 

The  Rev.  Mark  H.  Milne  has  succeeded  the  Rev.  Warren  W. 
Way  as  Rector  of  St.  Luke's  Church,  Salisbury. 

The  Rev.  Francis  Joyner,  February  1st,  resigned  the  charge 
of  St.  Alban's,  Littleton,  where  for  eighteen  years  he  has  faith- 
fully labored  and  greatly  endeared  himself  to  the  people  of  his 
own  congregation  and  to  the  entire  community.  At  the  earnest 
solicitation  of  the  congregation,  however,  Mr.  Joyner  is  still  con- 
tinuing to  serve  them. 

The  most  notable  event  in  our  diocesan  life  during  the  year 
1918  was  the  consecration  of  a  ISTegro  Suffragan  Bishop  for  work 


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among  the  colored  people  of  the  Diocese.  This  was  done  after 
very  mature  consideration,  and  with  a  very  remarkable  unanim- 
ity, entirely  unexpected  I  believe,  by  those  who  most  earn- 
estly advocated  that  cause.  I  say,  after  mature  consideration, 
though  this  particular  measure  had  been  brought  forward  only 
in  one  or  two  preceding  Conventions.  But  for  more  than  ten 
years  past  the  subject  of  the  best  organization  for  our  colored 
work  had  been  before  this  Diocese  and  the  Church  at  large; 
and  had  received  more  consideration  and  had  been  more  ex- 
haustively discussed  in  our  Church  press,  by  committees  and 
commissions  of  our  General  and  Diocesan  Conventions,  and  in 
the  sessions  of  those  bodies,  than  any  subject  in  my  time,  except 
the  subject  of  Liturgical  Revision.  It  had  come  to  be  generally 
admitted  that  it  was  desirable  to  give  our  Negro  people  the 
benefit  of  the  ministrations  of  a  Bishop  of  their  own  race;  and 
a  long  course  of  effort  in  the  General  Convention  had  finally 
made  it  plain  that  this  could  be  done  only  by  taking  advantage 
of  the  recently  enacted  legislation  enabling  a  Diocese  to  elect  a 
Suffragan  Bishop.  Personally,  I  had  not  desired  a  Suffragan 
Bishop ;  but  it  seems  quite  apparent  that  there  was  no  other  way 
in  which  the  experiment  could  be  tried  with  any  fair  prospect 
of  success.  It  was  understood  that  the  Dioceses  of  East  Caro- 
lina and  South  Carolina  stood  ready  to  cooperate  in  this" 
measure,  if  North  Carolina  would  elect  a  Negro  Suffragan 
Bishop,  though  neither  of  those  Dioceses  was  prepared  to  do  so. 
These  three  Dioceses  have  an  aggregate  of  30  colored  clergymen, 
60  parishes  and  missions,  and  2,944  communicants.  Thus  a  field 
of  labor,  sufficient  to  occupy  the  energies  of  a  Bishop,  is  afforded, 
and  also  a  body  of  clergy  and  people,  within  a  reasonable  com- 
pass, numerous  enough  to  give  their  Bishop  some  feeling  of 
being  sustained  by  their  sympathy  and  cooperation.  Upon  the 
consecration  of  Bishop  Delany,  November  21,  1918,  Bishop 
Darst  of  East  Carolina,  and  Bishop  Guerry  of  South  Carolina, 
officially  assigned  to  him  the  Episcopal  oversight  of  their 
colored  clergy  and  congregations,  and  with  the  beginning  of  the 
year  1919  he  entered  upon  his  work  in  those  Dioceses.  By  my 
understanding  with  those  Bishops,  he  is  to  give  three  months 
of  each  year  to  the  work  in  South  Carolina  and  two  months  to 
the  work  in  East  Carolina.    His  salary,  as  fixed  by  a  resolution 


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of  our  Convention  last  year,  is  paid  by  the  Treasurer  of  this 
Diocese,  but  the  Bishops  of  the  other  two  Dioceses  have  periodi- 
cal remittances  made  to  our  Treasurer,  to  cover  their  propor- 
tionate share  of  the  salary  and  traveling  expenses.  I  mention 
these  details,  as  they  are  a  very  essential  element  in  the  practical 
problems  of  sustaining  our  work,  and  therefore  should  appear 
authoritatively  stated  in  our  record. 

In  the  many  complicated  questions  before  the  Church  and 
the  country,  more  or  less  affected  by  the  upheavels  in  business 
and  in  social  order  caused  by  the  tremendous  conflict  from  which 
we  are  but  just  emerging,  none  can  be  more  important  than 
those  involving  the  interests  and  the  development  of  our  im- 
mense Negro  population,  now  beginning  to  be  felt  in  the  North 
as  well  as  in  the  South.  And  it  is  only  on  the  principles  of 
Christian  truth  and  justice  and  love,  that  any  great  questions 
can  ever  be  properly  and  solidly  settled.  I  cannot  help  feeling 
that  this  Diocese  has  done,  and  is  doing,  not  a  little  in  the  great 
work  of  adjusting  the  relations  among  all  classes  of  our  people, 
by  its  consistent  course,  from  1865  to  the  present  time,  of 
sincere  sympathy  and  cooperation  in  all  efforts  for  the  welfare 
of  our  colored  brethren,  and  by  our  cordial  recognition  of  their 
place  and  their  rights  in  the  Church  of  Christ.  May  this  latest 
effort  on  our  part,  to  supply  them  with  the  fatherly  oversight 
and  spiritual  ministrations  of  a  Bishop  of  their  own  race,  be 
blessed  to  their  spiritual  and  moral  enlightenment  and  develop- 
ment in  all  that  tends  to  make  them  faithful  servants  of  God 
and  of  the  State. 

The  vast  and  potent  forces  evoked  by  the  demands  of  our 
country  during  the  past  two  years  have  been  a  revelation  to  us 
of  our  unsuspected  powers.  None  of  us  realized  what  America 
was  capable  of.  The  way  in  which  all  rose  to  the  demands  of 
the  hour  was  as  surprising  to  the  indifferent  observer  as  it  was 
gratifying  to  the  patriot.  And  those  demands  upon  our  self- 
sacrificing  citizenship  have  not  abated.  We  still  bear  the  bur- 
dens of  the  great  World  War.  But  this  revelation  of  our  ability, 
and  of  the  response  men  make  to  great  and  heroic  demands,  has 
awakened  the  Church  to  a  higher  sense  of  its  duty  and  of  its 
opportunity.  We  must  now  turn  some  of  our  effort  and  of  our 
generosity  into  the  current  of  our  Church  life.   We  have  learned 


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that  our  citizenship  calls  upon  us  for  our  heart's  blood  and  for 
our  choicest  treasurers.  Now  let  us  realize  that  our  religion, 
if  it  be  vital,  must  also  demand  more  than  it  has  known  how  to 
demand  in  the  past.  Let  us  put  our  heart  and  our  life  and  our 
treasure  into  our  work  for  God  and  for  His  Church  and  His 
people.  I  know  not  what  demands  may  increasingly  come  upon 
us  for  the  Church  outside  our  Diocese.  Whatever  they  be,  let 
us  prepare  ourselves  to  respond  to  them.  For  the  Diocese,  for 
my  own  work  as  your  Bishop,  I  make  now  only  one  demand. 
Our  country  two  years  ago  called  for  our  sons  and  brothers. 
We  sent  them  ungrudgingly.  We  sent  them  knowingly  and  con- 
sciously "into  the  gates  of  death  and  into  the  jaws  of  hell."  And 
they  faltered  not,  neither  did  we.  I  ask  now  for  those  same  sons 
and  brothers,  that  they  may  serve  as  soldiers  and  as  officers  in 
the  Army  of  Christ,  in  His  Company  of  Preachers  and  Heralds 
of  the  Cross.  I  appoint  each  clergyman  of  this  Diocese  a  recruit- 
ing officer  to  enlist  men  for  our  Church  Training  Camps.  And  I 
specially  want  men  whose  fiber  has  been  hardened  and  whose 
spirit  has  been  refined  in  the  fires  of  battle.  We,  who  had  no 
such  experience,  may  hope  and  believe  that  God  will  bless  our 
poor  work,  when  we  strive  and  do  our  best.  But  with  how  much 
more  power  can  he  speak  the  word  of  truth  who  has  daily  looked 
death  in  the  face,  and  blanched  not !  Can  we  be  satisfied  not  to 
enlist  in  the  ranks  of  our  clergy  these  young  lives  who  have 
learned  that  first  lesson  which  our  Lord  taught  those  whom  He 
sent  out:  "He  that  findeth  his  life  shall  lose  it;  and  he  that 
loseth  his  life  for  my  sake  shall  find  it"? 

'  I  have  said  nothing  of  our  regular  diocesan  work,  and  of  our 
important  diocsan  institutions ;  not  because  I  have  been  thought- 
less of  them,  but  because  I  had  these  other  things  to  say  at  this 
time,  and  also  because  abundant  provision  has  been  made  to 
bring,  them  before  you,  in  the  several  reports  which  have  been 
or  will  be  laid  before  you,  and  by  those  specially  appointed  to 
address  you  upon  the  subject-matter  of  the  reports.  May  God 
be  with  us  in  our  work. 

Jos.  Blount  Cheshire. 


